Washington—In a primary care setting, one-third of patients with no known liver disease who underwent screening with transient elastography had significant fat infiltration in their liver and 16.7% had significant liver fibrosis, according to a study presented at the 2017 Liver Meeting.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease “is a hidden problem,” said investigator Tarek Hassanein MD, a hepatologist and medical director of outreach services at Southern California GI and Liver